Carian:
Type: C&V Alphabet
Direction: Left to Right
One of the many scripts derived from Greek Origin of the
Anatolian region of the Indo European family. It is also related to the Hittite,
Luwian, Lycian and Lydian languages.
The image below shows letters that still remain undeciphered.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/carian.html
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Ancient Scripts
Carian
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 21:50 - 26/05/2014
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Proto-Sinaitic:
Type: Consonantal Alphabetic
Direction: Variable
This particular language was the first kind of consonantal
Alphabet. A simple glance at the symbols can give you an impression of Egyptian
origin.
What they did was choose random Egyptian pictorial glyphs(ex. Ox-head,
house etc) where each symbol stood for a consonant. Phoenician was an immediate
descendent of the ProtoSinaitic. Its major change was its shapes, turning more
linear instead of curved. It evolved into the Phoenician Script.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/protosinaitic.html
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Ancient Scripts
Protosinaitic
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 2100 - 26/05/2014
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Old Hungarian:
Type: C&V Alphabetic
Direction: Right to Left
In the image above the Red text are the Phonetic Values of the
Letters, the Blue Texts are the Modern Hungarian notation for these sounds.
At 1000 CE the Kingdom of Hungary officially started using
Latin.
http://www.ancientscripts.com/old_hungarian.html
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Ancient Scripts
Old Hungarian
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 22:00 - 10/04/2014
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Vatteluttu:
Type: Syllabic Alphabetic
Direction: Left to Right
When it was employed to Tamil and Malayalam there were certain
symbols taken off of the Brahmi alphabet since there were no particular sounds
for those signs.
After the 15th Century Vattelutu scripts were no
longer used after the Tamil Scripts where adopted in both writing and tamil
speaking countries.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/vatteluttu.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Vatteluttu
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 21:00 - 10/04/2014
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Futhark:
Type: C&V Alphabetic
Direction: Left to Right
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With the help of most video games now-a-days the word RUNE has always
been viewed with mystical properties. Being associated with mainly puzzles or
ancient ritualistic and worshiping texts. Runes were used way long before
Northern Europe became Christianized, being associated with “pagan” or non-Christian
history.
Evolution and Variations of the Script
The Futhark of 24 letters is called “The elder Futhark” and was
used before the 9th Century CE.
“An early offshoot of
Futhark was employed by Goths, and so it is known as Gothic Runes. It was used
until 500 CE when it was replaced by the Greek-based Gothic
alphabet . One theory
concerning the origin of Futhark states that the Goths were the inventors of
Futhark, but there is insufficient supporting evidence to prove this theory.”
- http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
“In England, the
Anglo-Saxons brought Futhark from continental Europe in the 5th century CE and
modified it into the 33-letter "Futhorc" to accommodate sound changes
that were occurring in Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons.
Even the name "Futhorc" is evidence to a phonological change where
the long /a/ vowel in Old English evolved into a later /o/ vowel.” - http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
“The new letters
compensated for sound changes in Old English. For example, the Elder Futhark
letter kbecame the Futhorc letter c, which was pronounced as /k/ before mid and back vowels
(/a/, /o/, /u/) and as /c/ before front vowels (/e/ and /i/), so a new Futhorc
letter, k, was created to always represent the sound /k/
regardless of the following vowel. Similarly, the Elder Futhark letter g came to represent /g/, /y/, and /gh/,
so a second g letter
was invented to consistently represent the /g/ sound. And finally, many new
vowels arose in Old English, so a lot of new vowel letters were created.”
- http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
Along the years with the rise of the latin alphabet the Futhark
System started to decline. Although it was used more in Scandinavia for many
more centuries, till 1600ce and then on became curiosities for scholars and
antiquarians.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Futhark
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 20:00 - 09/03/2014
Carian:
Type: C&V Alphabet
Genealogy: Proto-Sinaitic
Location: West Asia > Anatolia
Time: 800 BCE to 300 BCE
Direction: Left to Right
One of the many scripts derived from Greek Origin of the
Anatolian region of the Indo European family. It is also related to the Hittite,
Luwian, Lycian and Lydian languages.
Carian to this day remains a partial mystery as not all the
letters have been deciphered. The reason is because the letters appear similar to
their greek counterparts but this isn’t the case. The following table shows the letters that
have been deciphered.
The image below shows letters that still remain undeciphered.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/carian.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Carian
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 21:50 - 26/05/2014
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Proto-Sinaitic:
Type: Consonantal Alphabetic
Genealogy: Proto-Sinaitic
Location: West Asia
Time: 1900 BCE – 1100 BCE
Direction: Variable
This particular language was the first kind of consonantal
Alphabet. A simple glance at the symbols can give you an impression of Egyptian
origin.
At around 1700 BCE, the Sinai people were thought to have been
conquered by the Egyptians and their base language was merged with the Egyptian
Hieroglyph’s. When and where the Egyptians signs were adopted into the Semitic
language is not the main concern, it’s the process of adoption that is
fascinating. The Egyptians written language already have phonetic signs, the
Sinaitic didn’t want to adopt these signs.
What they did was choose random Egyptian pictorial glyphs(ex. Ox-head,
house etc) where each symbol stood for a consonant. Phoenician was an immediate
descendent of the ProtoSinaitic. Its major change was its shapes, turning more
linear instead of curved. It evolved into the Phoenician Script.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/protosinaitic.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Protosinaitic
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 2100 - 26/05/2014
Old Hungarian:
Type: C&V Alphabetic
Genealogy: Proto-Sinaitic > Turkic Runes
Location: Europe
Time: 9th to 17th Century CE
Direction: Right to Left
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Back in the 9th Century the Ancient Hungarians or
Magyars used a distinctive writing system called Rovasiras (Rovas for short).
The oldest Rune-shape inscription in History dates to 9th
and 10th centuries CE in Hungary. However no one understands them
very well, even the Hungarian Language itself can’t be compared to it.
Simon De Keza wrote chronicles of the Old Hungarian script in
the late 13th Century. He mentions the Rovas of the Szeklys, a
subgroup of the Magyar that lived in Transylvania. The earliest Old Hungarian
Abecedary was found in a palace library from the City of Nikolsburg and dates
back to 1483.
The Following is the Old Hungarian Alphabet as it appears in the
Book:
In the image above the Red text are the Phonetic Values of the
Letters, the Blue Texts are the Modern Hungarian notation for these sounds.
At 1000 CE the Kingdom of Hungary officially started using
Latin.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/old_hungarian.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Old Hungarian
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 22:00 - 10/04/2014
=============================================================================================Vatteluttu:
Type: Syllabic Alphabetic
Genealogy: Brahmi
Location: South Asia
Time: 6th to 14th Century CE
Direction: Left to Right
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The Vattellutu (or Vattezhutu) scripts were a syllabic alphabet
used in the southern part of india(now being the states of Kerala and Tamil
Nadu). Grown from Brahmi Script from the 6th Century CE, was used to
write Tamil and Malayalam Languages.
When it was employed to Tamil and Malayalam there were certain
symbols taken off of the Brahmi alphabet since there were no particular sounds
for those signs.
After the 15th Century Vattelutu scripts were no
longer used after the Tamil Scripts where adopted in both writing and tamil
speaking countries.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/vatteluttu.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Vatteluttu
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 21:00 - 10/04/2014
Futhark:
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With the help of most video games now-a-days the word RUNE has always
been viewed with mystical properties. Being associated with mainly puzzles or
ancient ritualistic and worshiping texts. Runes were used way long before
Northern Europe became Christianized, being associated with “pagan” or non-Christian
history.
FACT: The word rune
comes from the German word raunen which means “to whisper”. –ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
The alphabet known as FUTHARK is composed of six letters from
the runic alphabet. F,U,TH,A,R, AND K – it is analogous similar to Alphabet
which is derived from the first two letters in the greek alphabet ALPHA and
BETA. Nobody knows or understands why the letters were ordered in such a way, but
it might have been some form of mnemonic function that wasn’t saved.
The alphabet consists of
24letters, 13consonants and 6vowels, as shown below.
Evolution and Variations of the Script
The Futhark of 24 letters is called “The elder Futhark” and was
used before the 9th Century CE.
“An early offshoot of
Futhark was employed by Goths, and so it is known as Gothic Runes. It was used
until 500 CE when it was replaced by the Greek-based Gothic
alphabet . One theory
concerning the origin of Futhark states that the Goths were the inventors of
Futhark, but there is insufficient supporting evidence to prove this theory.”
- http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
“In England, the
Anglo-Saxons brought Futhark from continental Europe in the 5th century CE and
modified it into the 33-letter "Futhorc" to accommodate sound changes
that were occurring in Old English, the language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons.
Even the name "Futhorc" is evidence to a phonological change where
the long /a/ vowel in Old English evolved into a later /o/ vowel.” - http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
“The new letters
compensated for sound changes in Old English. For example, the Elder Futhark
letter kbecame the Futhorc letter c, which was pronounced as /k/ before mid and back vowels
(/a/, /o/, /u/) and as /c/ before front vowels (/e/ and /i/), so a new Futhorc
letter, k, was created to always represent the sound /k/
regardless of the following vowel. Similarly, the Elder Futhark letter g came to represent /g/, /y/, and /gh/,
so a second g letter
was invented to consistently represent the /g/ sound. And finally, many new
vowels arose in Old English, so a lot of new vowel letters were created.”
- http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
Along the years with the rise of the latin alphabet the Futhark
System started to decline. Although it was used more in Scandinavia for many
more centuries, till 1600ce and then on became curiosities for scholars and
antiquarians.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/futhark.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Futhark
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 20:00 - 09/03/2014
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Gothic:
Type: C&V Alphabetic
Genealogy: Proto-Sinaitic > Greek
Location: Europe
Time: 4th to 8th Century CE
Direction: Left to Right
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The Goths were one of the many tribes responsible for the
downfall of the Roman Empire and the
politics of Medieval Europe.
They became Christianized by the 4th Century and by this
time they wrote their own version of the Futhark Alphabet. Although the bishop
Wilfila(or ulfilas), a greek missionary responsible for the conversion from
Goths to Christianity, he took the Greek alphabet and added letters from Latin
and futark and made Goths own language.
Out of all the letters only 2 don’t have sounds. They were taken
from Greek for their Numeric Value. Since the Greek Alphabet doubled as a
numeric system the Gothics row of Letters have numberic values of 1 to 9, the
second row 10 to 90, and the third row of 100 to 900.
The language faded by the 9th Century CE, surviving
in Crimea till the 17th Century and later on becoming extinct.
References:
http://www.ancientscripts.com/gothic.html
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Gothic
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 18:00 - 09/03/2014
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Khitan:
Type: Logophonetic
Genealogy: Sinitic
Location: East Asia- Manchuria
Time: 920 to 1125 CE
Direction: Top to Bottom
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The Khitan script itself was used significantly throughout the
10th and 12 Century and the Khitan nomads dominated a large aread of
the Mongolia and Manchuria regions. They created the Liao Dynasty, they were a
substantial rival to Chinas Song Dynasty. The Khitan Language was made with two distinct
scripts…
“The first one,
simply called the "large script" by Chinese sources, came into use at
approximately 920 CE. The second one, not surprisingly called the "small
script", was reputedly created by the Khitan scholar Diela around 925 CE.
For the most part, the two systems did not seem to share any signs in common at
all. A significant number of large script signs are modified version of Chinese signs, whereas the small script signs are original
creations although reputedly with inspiration from the Uighur alphabet.” –ancientscripts.com/khitan
The Small Script
Despite using the appearance of Chinese characters as an
inspiration, the small scripts are phonetic, representing syllables and single
sounds. These are combined to form words and sentences which depict the Khitan
language.
The Large Script
Large scripts seemed to have been borrowed from or a modified
version of Chinese characters. Although there are a set few of charecters which
seemed to have no connection with chinese at all.
References:
-Anon -
Ancient Scripts
Khitan
Unknown Date of Publication
Information Retrieved: 22:30- 10/03/2014
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